secondly

adverb

sec·​ond·​ly ˈse-kən(d)-lē How to pronounce secondly (audio)
: in the second place
For one, the process required considerable hand labor; secondly, it was difficult to control in large format …Naomi Rosenblum

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And secondly, when you suddenly, I’d been locked inside of German television and film industry for a long time. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025 First, that his nephews would watch it, and secondly that his aunt would too, and text him afterward. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025 With the potential lack of a big announcement, investors and analysts will instead be poring over the fine detail of Powell’s speech: Firstly, to see if their timing estimations for a cut seem realistic, and secondly to garner a sense of how the FOMC view the strength of the economy more widely. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 July 2025 Another contributor is the increase in childlessness, Seabright said, which has two effects—firstly, fewer children born of Christian parents, and secondly, childless couples and younger single people are less likely to belong to Christian churches than couples with children. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for secondly

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of secondly was in the 14th century

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“Secondly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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